Looking for Creatures that Cheat Creatures into Play Like Elvish Piper
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Posted on Jan. 30, 2018, 1:55 p.m. by theindigoeffect
I've been tuning my Animar, Soul of Elements deck for a while, and while I'm usually quite good at protecting him with cards like Kira, Great Glass-Spinner, Voidmage Prodigy, and Venser, Shaper Savant, I think that I still need more low cmc creatures that can cheat out my fatties, just in case Animar, Soul of Elements gets nuked.
A little information about my deck: I don't run anything but creatures, which gives me a lot of synergy and allows me to make uninhibited use of cards Nullstone Gargoyle and Momir Vig, Simic Visionary, so I'm not interested in non-creature cards like Quicksilver Amulet.
I run a few Eldrazi, but the deck is mostly focused on playing creatures with stax/disruption effects like Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger and Grenzo, Havoc Raiser.
I don't know of many cards like Elvish Piper, other than Djinn of Wishes and Mindwrack Liege, but while they are decent, they aren't quite as efficient as Elvish Piper is, and I could still use more options.
Please help!
More specifically:
January 30, 2018 3:20 p.m.
Run more ramp. It is more applicable in more situations and helps the deck overall, not just a few big creatures.
January 30, 2018 4:45 p.m.
imoutogetyou says... #5
Sneak Attack and probably not what your looking for Yisan, the Wanderer Bard.
Epidilius says... #2
If you're willing to put in a single no permanent, Genesis Wave takes your library and puts it on the battlefield. If you have a Laboratory Maniac in the deck or a haste giver you kind of just win.
Here is a Gatherer link that should have everything you're looking for.
January 30, 2018 3:07 p.m.